SuitabookMonty the hero
Steve Smallman
- Reading
- Pause when Monty gets his chance to help Herbert and invite your child to guess what he might do. At the end, leave space for your own interpretations of the wish and the dandelion.
- Themes
- What makes a hero?: Monty wants to be a hero, and later gets the chance to help Herbert after Herbert tumbles into a hole. The plot places helping a friend within Monty’s chance to be a hero, without establishing a broader moral message.
- A bedtime story becomes an adventure: Monty’s favourite bedtime story features a hero, monster and magic wand; he then goes out looking for adventure and later mistakes a dandelion for a wand. The outline connects Monty’s wish to be a hero with a search for magic, then leaves the apparent magic open to interpretation.
- Worth knowing
- The adventure includes a monster anticipated by Monty, a grumpy badger who is sent away by Herbert’s spikes, and Herbert tumbling into a hole. These moments may merit a quick check-in if peril worries your child.